Received: from makus.postgresql.org (makus.postgresql.org [98.129.198.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D41B9ED582 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 20:21:11 -0400 (AST) Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RYRjZ-0007ec-Ga for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:21:10 +0000 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RYRjK-0002rT-GF for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:20:54 +0100 Received: from cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com ([86.21.186.149]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:20:54 +0100 Received: from walterhurry by cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:20:54 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org From: Walter Hurry Subject: Re: bad block problem Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 00:20:40 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 9 Message-ID: References: <1OQDq.131420$034.90105@en-nntp-06.dc1.easynews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: cpc3-walt15-2-0-cust148.13-2.cable.virginmedia.com User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) X-Archive-Number: 201112/56 X-Sequence-Number: 38814 On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:20:30 +0000, jkells wrote: > I am relying on identifying and correcting a bad block. Well, good luck with that. Most of the time you can't. Just check your disk, replace it if necessary, restore from your backup and roll forward. Oh, you can't do that, since you didn't bother to back up. Never mind.